1 Chronicles 29:13-14 ISR
"And now, our Alahym, we thank You and praise Your comely Name. But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give so voluntarily as this? For all comes from Yahuah, and we have given to You out of Your hand.
BIBLE STUDY LESSON 17
SERIES V --- JOURNEYS FOR YESHUA
ON TRIAL
FELIX JUDGES PAUL
From Acts 24
Five days after Paul arrived at Caesarea the high priest, Ananias, came with some elders and an eloquent lawyer named Tertullus to accuse him. After Paul was summoned, Tertullus began his speech to Governor Felix. [We appreciate the peace and good changes you have brought to our nation. But since I do not wish to bore you, I would ask that you listen briefly to what we have to say. This man is stirring up trouble among the Jews throughout the world, and is also one of the leaders of the sect known as the Nazarenes. [He tried to defile our temple, so we seized him and tried to punish him according to our Law, but the commander Lysias took him away by force and sent him to you. If you examine Paul closely, you will find that our charges are true.] The others who had come with Tertullus agreed that his charges were true. Then Felix motioned for Paul to defend himself. [I am pleased that my defence is before you, for you have judged matters concerning the Jewish people for several years,] Paul began. [I was in the temple only twelve days ago to worship. Contrary to what they say, I did not start a riot or even lead a discussion there or out in the city. They simply cannot prove the charges they are making. I do confess, though, that I worship YHVH according to the Way, which they call a sect, believing what is written in the Law and the prophets. I have hope in YHVH as these men do, believing in a resurrection for the just and the unjust. I also try to live so that my conscience is clear, both in my relationships with YHVH and with man. [After being away for several years, I returned with some money contributed to the Jews of my nation and went to the temple to make an offering. There I was, peacefully completing my purification ceremony when they found me. There were no mobs or riots until those Jews from Asia started one. By the way, if they have a complaint against me, they should be here to present it! Also, I would like these men here to say exactly what wrong the council found in me, unless they did not like my remark that I was before them because of my belief in the resurrection.] Governor Felix knew about the teachings of the Way, so he delayed the trial by saying, [I will decide when the commander, Lysias, comes.] Then he ordered Paul to be kept under guard, but with more freedom than before. He also ordered that Paul’s friends should be permitted to help him. Several days later Felix and his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, brought Paul before them to tell about his faith in Yeshua Moshiach. But when Paul talked about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened. [That’s enough for now,] he told Paul. [Go away, and when it is a more convenient time, I will call for you again.] Felix actually did call for Paul a number of times to talk with him, for he hoped that Paul would bribe him. This went on for about two years, until Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Since Felix wanted to gain favour with the Jews, he left Paul in prison.
COMMENTARY
THE FACES OF ROME: MEN
When a youth laid aside the red-bordered toga of boyhood at sixteen and put on the white toga of a man, he became an adult in the Roman world. At that age, the young man was ready to take up his career. His occupation depended on the social position of his family. The son of a middle-class citizen might become a merchant, while a senator’s son looked forward to a position in government. A man’s social class also determined whom he would marry. His parents chose a wife for him from a family whose status was equal to their own. Even the clothes that he wore displayed a man’s rank. The wider the purple band around the hem of his toga, the more important he was in Roman society.
The world is quickly turning against 'Yahuah and those of us who love Him. Even in america where freedom of speech is supposed to be a guaranteed right, the masses for satan are the only ones allowed to speak freely. If you so much as say "praise Yah" for the rain, you are at the very least reprimanded. My outrahe is not righteous though. I am being selfish and angry that i cant express my love for Yah more than i am angry the world doesnt love Yah. It makes me no better than the oppressors. I am in disagreemet with myself. On one hand, i want the new heaven and earth to be ushered in so Yah is praosed and worshipped continually. On the other hand, i know the pain and torture that must proceed it, amd i dread it. Please Yah, save us from the evil ones! But if i must suffer for you, as Yeshua did for me, i am willing. Please give us strength and courage to finish the race! Come, Yeshua, with your legions of angels and free this world!
Believers are warned about deception and false teachers throughout the Bible with good reason. The enemy is consistently attempting to disrupt and destroy and will use any avenue to achieve the annihilation of mankind. Arguably one of the greatest deceptions is the inclusion of idol worship and the replacement of the Creator among believers. Psalm 44:20—21, “If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.” When we seek His face and listen for His voice, He offers us grace and understanding even as the enemy tries to deceive us.
Hallelujah
Yes Paul was a Pharisee and to think he had some elevated authority to expunge one word from the voice of God is preposterous. Paul must align with God... not the other way around.
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"Cursed be every one that curseth thee"
Ge 27
"Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law" Acts 21
It is stunning to me when again and again I see people who claim to honour and study Scripture, yet swallow hook-line-and-sinker the atheist fairytale that Christianity is a new religion which replaced Judaism.
"Judaism" as it is understood today is a thing of today. Christianity received its name after Christ's incarnation, but it is the same religion practiced by Noah - which in Scripture is simply referred to as "righteousness", and fearing God.
Being a Jew, in the sense of being circumcised, never was nor can be a religion (or a bloodline, I might add): it is a covenant. It was never replaced, those who entered it and who do enter it are (obviously) bound by their word to keep that covenant. The only change is that now none should enter into this covenant (for various reasons). Obviously new people come into it by it being passed on: if you do not circumcise your child, you have broken the covenant. But no one should now take circumcision onto himself.
"Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised." 1Cor 7
There was never a moral requirement to become circumcised: it was commanded to Abraham and his household as a sign of God's covenant to specifically bless Abraham; any others who entered into that covenant did so completely voluntarily.
It was a heresy taught later, in the Pharisees day, that unless you were circumcised you were not one of the righteous and could not enter heaven. It is astonishing how many today teach that this heresy was only a heresy after Christ, despite having the Scriptures in front of them, which say not a word of how Christ changed it to not be so, but only of how it never was and never can be so: if someone doesn't understand how such a heresy can never be true, it is hard to say they understand salvation at all.
Christ saves the righteous, the innocent (such as little children, the prime example he gave), not the circumcised, or the baptised.
"So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham." Gal 3
"Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek Yahweh:
look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you" Is 51
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